JUNOON || جنون

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"Urwa neeche chale aapke haldi ka waqt ho gaya hai"
Amna reminded her.

"Urwa come downstairs it's time for your haldi(pre-wedding ceremony)"

Urwa nodded her head and looked at herself in the mirror for the last time. She was wearing a yellow joda with intricate embroidery done on it. A yellow dupatta was wrapped around her head. Her mother will surely burn her ears down one day due to her dupatta. Urwa shook her head and headed downstairs.

Amna looked at her descending the stairs. Her daughter looked beautiful but soon noticed her dupatta around her head, her mood getting spoiled. Urwa stood near her while Amna spoke
"Aaj bhi yeh dupatta odhna jaruri tha Urwa begum?"

"Was it necessary to drape this dupatta(scarf) Urwa?"

"Ammi aapko pata haina mere mizaj ke baare main phir bhi aap aise baate kar rahe ho?"
Urwa questioned looking at her mother, her eyes cold.

"Mom you know about my rules right? Then why are you asking this?"

Amna was taken aback for a second due to her cold eyes but still cleared her throat and responded
"Sab aachi tarah se jante hai hum. Aapko hume bolne ki jarurat nahi hai. Chalo waqt nikla jaa raha hai''

"I know everything clearly. You need not to tell me. Come on we are running late"

Urwa didn't speak anything and sat on the designated place while the rasam started. All of her cousins were present. Alizey her closest cousin came near her smiling and applied haldi on her face and spoke
"Haldi Mubarak Urwa begum"

"Congratulations Urwa begum"

Urwa gave her a small smile and responded ans smirked
"Badi khush lag rahi hai hamare jaane se Alizey bibi. Sambhal ke Aayan bhai phir bhi yahi hai''

"You seem happy seeing me leave Alizey. Take care Aayan bhai is still here"

Alizey's cheek turned left and slapped back of Urwa's head and spoke
"Shushh! Diwalo ke bhi kaan hote hai pagal kisi ne sun liya toh?"

"Shushh! Even wall has ears, what if someone hears us?"

Urwa winced and rubbed the back of her head and replied
"Koi nahi sun raha atleast Aayan bhai toh nahi"

"No is listening atleast not Aayan bhai"

"Jao, main hi idhar se jaa rahi hu"
Alizey spoke, trying to get out of the situation.

"Go, no I will go"

"Ruke toh Alizey bibi"
Urwa spoke but Alizey left her. Urwa chuckled at her behaviour. It was quite prominent that Alizey had a crush on Aayan for a long time and so did Aayan but they both never tried to speak about their emotions.

"Wait Alizey--"

Soon the Haldi ended and she was taken into her room. Suddenly someone entered into her room they were her brothers who smiled cheekily at her.

"Kya hai yeh harkat? Zain bhai aap bhi iss ladke ke kadmo par chalne lage wahh"
Urwa spoke glaring at both of them.

"What is this Zain bhai? Even you are following this guys footsteps? Wow"

"Nahi Urwa. Tumhe haldi lagane ka mooka Hume mila hi nahi toh socha ki hum khud hi aa jaye"
Zain responded, giving her a small smile.

"No Urwa. We didn't got the chance to apply haldi to you so we thought that we will do the honours"

Urwa's expressions softened. Zain came forward and took a little paste on his fingers and applied it on her either cheeks and spoke softly
"Hamari bhen badi ho gayi. Nikkah kar rahi hai par jo halat main nikkah ho raha hai yeh mujhe raazi nahi hai''